"Navigate work successfully as a first-time parent. Just when you're starting to figure out this parenting thing, wham, your leave is over. You're excited to go back, you already miss your baby like crazy, and you don't know how you're going to get through your commute without dozing off, let alone actually do your job. Take a deep breath-you'll get through it. The first few weeks and months as a working parent are hard, but they can be truly affirming, too. People want to see you succeed, they'll support you if you ask, ...
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"Navigate work successfully as a first-time parent. Just when you're starting to figure out this parenting thing, wham, your leave is over. You're excited to go back, you already miss your baby like crazy, and you don't know how you're going to get through your commute without dozing off, let alone actually do your job. Take a deep breath-you'll get through it. The first few weeks and months as a working parent are hard, but they can be truly affirming, too. People want to see you succeed, they'll support you if you ask, and you'll find you have energy stores and resources you didn't know existed. You can make great strides forward in your career when you're a new parent. Succeeding as a First-Time Parent can help. This volume will help you: understand all your options for childcare, have essential conversations with your spouse or partner, stay connected during leave and hit the ground running when you return, get the support you need at work, stay on the career track you want to be on, set reasonable expectations for yourself, carry on amid inevitable exhaustion and emotional upheaval, set your family up for success, however you measure it."--
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